The majority of the sport officials will come from the host country, United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, there will be a need for a selected few to come from outside of UAE to complement the existing officials.

The application process is now open for sport officials (including athletes as officials) outside the host country. We want to be able to have a good, competitive pool to select from – females, athlete as officials, experienced World Games officials, qualified new officials to World Games and geographical representation.

In order to better prepare the applicant, please note the following information that will be requested during the online application process.

Ireland has had a great representation at Special Olympics World Games - having hosted the games in Ireland in 2003, Ireland had official representation at the SO Games in China in 2007 with Pamela O’Donnell & Alan Gormally. In 2011 in Greece, Ireland had 3 volleyball officials at the World Games - Pamela O’Donnell, Alan Gormally & Gerry Reynolds. At the last SO World Games that were held in LA in 2011, Ireland had 3 volleyball officials as part of the team - Alan Gormally & Kate Holliman as volleyball referees and Pamela O’Donnell was the Assistant Technical Delegate for Volleyball. Hopefully Ireland will continue the representation as volleyball officials at the Abu Dhabi games in March 2019, continuing the fantastic legacy that started in Ireland in 2003.